This weeks list consists of my 4 favorite posts from other blogs right now, and all with the theme bedroom. First up is Jennifer Hagler’s beautiful reading area. Tone in tone and soft beige/greige colors.

Time for my first challenge in the Blog Challenge 2017, and the theme I choosed was yarn. I knew I wanted to make a pillowcase with braided pattern, but I didn’t want to use regular yarn so I used Ribbon XL yarn instead. You can really make whatever pattern you want but if you want to make one like mine, you can see how I did in the last photo in this post. I also want to tell you that this is yet another one of those project that if patience is not a friend of yours, you might want to try another DIY. I think this pattern took four days to make!

I started by measuring the pillow I wanted to use. Mine was 50×50 cm. So I cut as many threads from the yarn that they, laying on the table side by side, measured 55x55cm. I made one for the horisontal threads and one for the vertical threads.

Here you have the template off the pattern. Starting from the top left corner.. But the variations on this braiding is really endless. When I was done with the pattern I sewed a seam on all sides of the square and then I made a regular pillowcase, using a piece of fabric on the backside.

Here’s a picture of my purchases this weekend. I found the candlesticks in silver on sale at Lagerhaus, same with the small green vase though it was not on sale and the dotted bowl and a dish was bought at H&M. The small wooden sticks and the embroidery frame are from Panduro and will be used for some DIY in the future.